Five games remain in the East Bracket’s opening round of the KSHSAA Class 6A football playoffs Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, including Blue Valley Northwest’s matchup with Shawnee Mission Northwest.
The Class 6A bracket features 16 teams on each side, East and West, in a single-elimination tournament, according to Yahoo Sports. All five local squads landed in the East Bracket seeds, according to KCTV5's playoff roundup.
Shawnee Mission West faces top-seeded, unbeaten Mill Valley. Mill Valley enters undefeated at 8-0, according to Yahoo Sports. SM West closed the regular season with a 6-28 loss to SM Northwest on Oct. 23, according to MaxPreps.
No. 9 Shawnee Mission North plays No. 8 Olathe South. The Bison beat SM West 45-0 on Oct. 2 and topped Lawrence Free State 31-28 on Sept. 25, according to MaxPreps. They lost their regular-season finale to Olathe Northwest 0-45 on Oct. 22.
No. 13 Shawnee Mission South travels to No. 4 Lawrence. The Raiders lost to Lawrence Free State 14-41 on Oct. 16, according to MaxPreps.
No. 10 Blue Valley Northwest meets No. 7 Shawnee Mission Northwest. The Huskies edged Saint Thomas Aquinas 43-42 on Oct. 9 but fell to St. James Academy 21-28 on Oct. 16, according to MaxPreps.
No. 11 Shawnee Mission East faces No. 6 Olathe West. The Lancers beat Lawrence Free State 42-39 on Oct. 9 but lost to Olathe Northwest 18-21 on Oct. 15, according to MaxPreps.
Three East Bracket games were decided Thursday, Oct. 29. No. 5 Olathe North routed No. 12 Wyandotte 56-0, No. 2 Gardner-Edgerton beat No. 15 Olathe East 49-28, and No. 3 Olathe Northwest blanked No. 14 Blue Valley West 40-0, according to KCTV5.
It's win or go home.
Winners advance through regional, sectional and substate rounds. The KSHSAA state championship games are scheduled for Nov. 27-28, according to Yahoo Sports.
